Thanks for that gandy. I have started many flights directly from the Flight Simulator X Files folder, but never a Captain Sim aircraft mid flight save. I don't normally save them in-flight. I do my long haul flights at x1. I have done this in flights up to 16 hours, so I shall give this a try and see how I go with it.

One thing to take note of is all the extra lines at the bottom of the saved FLT file. I have only see these in the saved files for Captain Sim aircraft and I think they are essential to the settings being done correctly. For quite some time, I have been recommending starting the Captain Sim Cold-n-Dark and Ready for takeoff flights using the method you mention. So I wouldn't be surprised to find that it works. ;)

Mark